Mishaal RahmanApr 22, 2025

I can't believe the Oblivion remaster is out today...so it's time to finally upgrade my PC!

To those of you who keep up with PC news: Which of these 3 prebuilts would you go for? I'm leaning towards the Ryzen 7 9800X3D + RX 9070 XT combo just based on what I've heard, but I'm curious to hear your thoughts.

Show threadCliffApr 22, 2025
@MishaalRahman I personally won't buy AMD, because I had horrible luck with them when I bought a PC a few years ago. Intel has always worked for me without issue, so I stick with what works.
Show threadMishaal RahmanApr 22, 2025
@cliffwade I've generally used Intel + NVIDIA, but NVIDIA's RTX 50-series cards aren't getting stellar reviews (mostly because of how pricy they are) and also how buggy their GPU drivers are. And people say the 9800X3D is the best CPU for gaming at the moment in its price range.
Show threadCliffApr 22, 2025

@MishaalRahman The 9800X3D is likely the best as of right now. Can't deny that.

I've been using NVIDIA for years and knock on wood, have never had a bad driver install or anything else. Everything has just worked for me.

Show threadIcyShark
@cliffwade @MishaalRahman I'm looking too, but I'm all signed point to AMD + Nvidia for me. If you are going to do anything in the local AI space, it's about Nvidia.
Apr 22, 2025 at 3:46pmWeb
Show threadMishaal RahmanApr 22, 2025
@IcyShark @cliffwade Yeah, but but I'm wondering if there's really any local AI workloads I'll actually be doing regularly on my PC. Most of the most useful stuff is all cloud based.
Show threadCliffApr 22, 2025

@MishaalRahman I was going to say, you likely don't/won't do much AI related stuff knowing you, so you shouldn't focus on that. You'll certainly be able to do basic AI stuff with any of those systems, regardless if which one you choose.

@IcyShark

Show threadIcySharkApr 22, 2025
@cliffwade @MishaalRahman fair enough. I guess it is do you want best performance (Nvidia) or a better price: performance ration (AMD) 😉